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Good Time to be a metal fan with a turntable

What a great time it is to be a metal fan. In the past two months I have picked up Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets remastered at 45 rpm, Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same re-done by Jimmy Page,Iron Maiden Somewhere Back in Time: 1980-1989, Ac/DC Let There Be Rock, Rush Permanent Waves re-mastered(with Moving Pictures coming out in the fall), amd The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bullocks(yeah I know they we're technically punk but this album should be in any metal heads collection).

So my question is what would you guys like to see re-issued?

I know for myself I would like to see re-issues of the first two Ozzy albums, and Judas Priest-Screaming for Vengeance.
nrostov
nrostov OP
199 posts
 
Maril,

A. I agree with what you are saying. My collection includes rock, jazz, classical, funk, country, blue grass etc.

B. I don't think that is a fair thing to say about Metal. There are a lot of garbage metal bands(and I agree about the new ones), but there are/were a lot of talented ones as well like Metallica. Saying they are like the "WWF" is insulting to what they have done musically.
maril555
619 posts
 
OK, I'd give you that- they are not all alike, but the limitations of the genre do limit the range of the musical ideas to be expressed by an artist.
nrostov OP
199 posts
 
Maril,

Yes that's true. The metal bands that I really liked when I was growing up were not of the hair band variety. Bands like Iron Maiden, and Rush from 1980-1982 really did interesting things within the context of the genre.

The Hair Band stuff was all garbage in my opinion.
zigonht
124 posts
 
"Metal is the audio version of WWF"

Different strokes for different folkes.
go4vinyl
188 posts
 
I agree - If you have to explain the joke, then you're telling it to the wrong crowd.

Any genre impose limitations - it is when you cross genres that music becomes 'not so sound alike'.

People who don't understand a certain genre always have that same comment - 'it all sound alike...'...

I listen to all kind of genres (because I am an audiophile and hence like to listen to the sound as much as the music sometimes, to see what my system can do etc...)...not so much blues and country, but jazz and classical and folk...granted, progressive and hard rock most of the time!

By the way - when I check out the new country music, much of it sounds exactly like a watered down southern hard rock a la molly hatchet etc to me...

Everyone that enjoys metal should check out Judas Priest Nostradamus deluxe set (Best Buy only) with three GOOD SOUNDING (IMHO) LPs as well as the 2 CD's (expensive but...)...

Oh, well - I am heading back to the 'POWER CABLE SWAMP' where I belong (I am trying to figure out which PC will make the least damage in my wallet while optimizing performance in my system...)...

Have a marvelous day!
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